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CVE-2021-44714

Published: Jan 14, 2022

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

2.5

LOW

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles that could lead to a Security feature bypass. Acrobat Reader DC displays a warning message when a user clicks on a PDF file, which could be used by an attacker to mislead the user. In affected versions, this warning message does not include custom protocols when used by the sender. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability as they would need to click 'allow' on the warning message of a malicious file.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Acrobat Reader

affected
unspecified - <= 21.007.20099
affected
unspecified - <= 20.004.30017
affected
unspecified - <= 17.011.30204
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-657

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

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